News In Brief

January 16, 1984

Brussels

Kissinger proposes special envoy to the Soviet Union

Brent Scowcroft is emerging as a possible US special envoy to Moscow in an attempt to repair US-Soviet relations, reports Monitor contributor David Fouquet. Tha post, similar to one already established to deal with Middle East questions, was suggested by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, for whom Scowcroft had worked in the Nixln and Ford administrations.